Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(S.Afr.) a general term of abuse, esp. to an extremely dirty person.

1917		S.T. Plaatje Native Life 82: Instilling in Anna’s mind all kinds of silly notions, about town flirts and black dandies, … and similar vuilgoed (rubbish) [DSAE].
1924		S.G.L. Millin God’s Stepchildren 94: ‘Vuilgoed!’ he shouted, and his voice was only a rushing in his own ears. ‘Filth!’ [DSAE].
a.1931		S. Black Helena’s Hope in Gray Three Plays (1984) 169: You’se the man who stole the farm — clear out of my house ... Vuilgoed!
1979		J. Gratus Jo’burgers 67: ‘Vuilgoed! — Filth!’ he spat at him, ‘You steal my claim. You don’t deserve to live.’.
1980		A. Dangor ‘Waiting for Leila’ Waiting for Leila (2001) 31: Vermin! Vuilgoed!
1997		(con. late 1940s) J.M. Coetzee Boyhood (1998) 19: ‘Jood!’ they hiss back: ‘Jood! Vuilgoed!’ Jew! Filth!
2005		A. Lovejoy Acid Alex 47: I hate a dirty arse vuilgat. [Ibid.] 116: Doom [...] got his name from being a total vuilgat.